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Eco-Innovation: Analysis of EU Member States Performance in the EU Eco-Innovation Index 2013–2022

Sustainability is about intergenerational solidarity in finding solutions to ensure the continued growth that allows organizations and companies to be proactive. In the context of contemporary technology, the fourth industrial revolution, i.e., the widely accepted notion of Industry 4.0, and swift corporate growth; the effects of industry, transportation, and urbanization on climate change; and the preservation of the environment in its entirety are becoming more and more significant. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the eco-innovation performance of European nations, comparing their evolution from 2013 to 2022, in order to identify patterns, leaders, and opportunities for improvement in the implementation of eco-innovation strategies. This study includes the analysis of the Eco-Innovation Index as well as other studies carried out at the European Union level in the field of sustainability and sustainable innovation through the graphic maps, cluster analysis, and correspondence analysis in the statistical program SPSS. Different approaches to development are taken by the EU’s member states. Even though some countries have achieved significantly lower results than the average of the Eco-Innovation Index or significantly higher results than the average, overall, all countries (except Romania) have improved their point evaluations when compared to the year 2013 when the Eco-Innovation Index started to be reported. The nations in the Northern European region produce consistent, long-term outcomes, and these countries have emerged as leaders in innovation in recent years. The countries of Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark have the best long-term outcomes. On the contrary, Bulgaria has ranked last for a long time, with the least-rated eco-innovation activities.

Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Europe: Insights from a Bibliometric Analysis

Immigrant entrepreneurs and their activities have received constantly increasing attention from academics and policymakers. While immigrant entrepreneurship is not new as an activity, with the globalization and development of technology, this field is at a different level, becoming one of the most popular avenues in entrepreneurship literature and playing a significant role in the economy, especially in a context like Europe. However, among emerging research attention, this field is becoming more diverse, complex, and confusing. Thus, literature reviews in this field are becoming critical to the overview of the field.Our study aims to provide an overview of academic research on Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Europe. An extensive bibliometric analysis was conducted to complete this, including bibliometric performance and graphic mapping of academic contribution in this field. A comprehensive performance analysis was carried out to pinpoint key authors, institutions, journals, and countries that are leading in shaping the landscape of research and development in this field. Furthermore, we use VOS viewer and R Biblioshiny software to graphically map the field. We do this by applying author co-citation and co-word analysis. Our research contributes to immigrant entrepreneurship literature by providing a better understanding of the phenomena in Europe and, based on the outcomes, directions for future research in the field.

Top 100 Most Cited Articles on the use of Ozone in Dentistry: Bibliometric Analysis

Introduction: c density (number of citations per year), first author's country, year of publication, study design and subject. VOSviewer software was used to create graphical bibliometric maps. Results: The total number of citations papers which from 13 to 180, and only eight were cited more than 100 times. Papers were published from 1997 to 2022, mainly in dentistry journals. The studies originated from 30 different countries and the most papers were from Germany (16%) and Turkey (15%). In total, 250 keywords were used and the most used were ozone 50 (20%), dentistry 8 (3,2%) and periodontitis 7 (2,8%). Conclusions: 1) Germany was the main country that contributed to field research on the use of ozone in dentistry 2) The University of Basel was the most productive university in the researched field; 3) Clinical Oral Investigations was the journal that led the ranking with the most articles published, 4) The keyword ozone was the most used in the articles; 5) Oral and maxillofacial surgery was the research area most addressed by the 100 most cited articles.

Exploration of the effect of multiple acceptor and π–spacer moieties coupled to indolonaphthyridine core for promising organic photovoltaic properties: a first principles framework

Herein, the indolonaphthyridine-based molecules (INDTD1–INDTD8) with A1–π–A2–π–A1 configuration were designed by the end-capped modification of INDTR reference with various acceptors. The density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) analyses at M06/6-31G(d,p) level were reported in this research to explore their optoelectronic and photovoltaic features. Their geometrical structures were initially optimized at the afore-said level and followed by various calculations such as the frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), UV–Visible, density of states (DOS), transition density matrix (TDM), binding energy (Eb), open circuit voltage (Voc) and fill factor (FF). Moreover, their global reactivity parameters (GRPs) were depicted by using the HOMO–LUMO band gaps obtained from the FMOs study. The tailored molecules demonstrated lower band gaps (2.183–2.269 eV) than INDTR (2.288 eV). They also showed bathochromic shifts in the visible region in chloroform (735.937–762.318 nm) and gas phase (710.384–729.571 nm) as compared to INDTR (724.710 and 698.498 nm, respectively). Further, intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) was demonstrated via the DOS and TDM graphical maps. Among all the entitled chromophores, INDTD7 showed significantly reduced band gap (2.183 eV), red-shifted absorption value (760.914 nm) in chloroform solvent and minimal Eb value (0.554 eV). The presence of –SO3H groups on the terminal acceptors of INDTD7 may enhance the mobility of charges. The results suggested that the newly designed chromophores can be effective candidates for the future organic solar cell applications. Moreover, this study may encourage the experimentalists to develop photovoltaic materials.

Twenty-five years of the Journal of Risk Research: a bibliometric overview

The Journal of Risk Research is a leading international journal in risk research connected to multidisciplinary areas. It was launched in 1998 and founded by Ragnar E. Löfstedt. Motivated by its 25th anniversary in 2023, this paper presents a general bibliometric overview of the leading trends occurring in the journal between 1998 and 2023. The study aims to identify the journal’s impact, the most productive and influential authors, institutions, countries/territories, leading topics, and to analyse their evolution through time. The work mainly uses the Scopus database to analyse the bibliometric data. But in some particular cases, the Web of Science Core Collection database is also used to supplement bibliographic information. Moreover, we develop a graphical mapping of the bibliographic material by applying the Visualisation of Similarities (VOS) viewer software to provide deeper analyses. The graphical visualisation uses co-citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrence of author keywords. The results emphasise the significant growth and impact of the journal throughout its entire lifetime. It is expected that the journal will continue growing its international diversity and disseminating knowledge in risk research all over the world.

What factors influence employee loyalty? A meta-analysis using VOSviewer

Academic research on employee loyalty, which is a crucial aspect of organizational success in today's competitive business era, is gaining increasing attention in the human resource management literature. Therefore, this study aims to map out concepts to provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of trends related to employee loyalty through a bibliometric approach. The Scopus database was utilized to analyze and categorize all English-language literature published during the period from 2017 to 2023. VOSviewer software is also employed for graphical mapping of the scholarly landscape. Out of 263 documents retrieved from the Scopus database related to employee loyalty, 148 documents were selected for bibliometric analysis to comprehensively assess the current state and anticipate future trends. The analysis results indicate an increase in the number of publications on employee loyalty from 2017 to 2023. The selected articles cover various topics, including factors influencing employee loyalty, measurement of loyalty, human resource management strategies to enhance employee loyalty, and the impact of employee loyalty on organizational performance. The results indicate a significant increase in the literature, demonstrating that employee loyalty has a substantial impact on organizational sustainability and cohesion among its members. The practical implications of these findings can assist organizations in designing more effective human resource management strategies to retain and enhance employee loyalty, which, in turn, can contribute to the long-term success of the organization.

Towards digitalization in higher education: conceptual and bibliometric paradigm

Objetive: The aim is to study the foundations of the scientific literature in this area, the different intellectual structures, the conceptual and social structure and the trends of the analysed field. Methodology: The research is carried out through a bibliometric network analysis and graphical mapping of the field under investigation. Results: Firstly, the field is relatively recent and shows a collaborative network of inter-institutional character and with important synergies between countries and authors. In the intellectual structure, there is a cluster of strategies to follow in the implementation of DT in HEIs, with its possible drivers and obstacles, at technological, social, pedagogical and organisational levels; the implementation of DT in a concrete and practical way, alerting that DT is more than a set of digital tools; a more theoretical and conceptual line of thought on the concept of DT in HEIs and, finally, sustainable DT in the impact on HEIs. In the thematic structure, the block of theoretical and conceptual foundations that reveals COVID19 as the main accelerating factor of DT, the cluster that investigates the learning process through digital teaching and the third one that highlights the importance of cultural change management and people in the process stand out. Practical implications: This study allows us to have a general vision of the intellectual, conceptual and social structure of the DT and HEIs process and its impact on the different dimensions. Furthermore, the findings have implications for the management of TD processes in HEIs.

Seasonal prediction of midsummer compound heat-humidity events over Southeast China

In recent years, there has been an increasing occurrence of compound heat-humidity (HH) events worldwide, leading to excessive morbidity and mortality. Southeast China has been particularly affected by HH events over the past decade. However, the seasonal prediction of HH events in Southeast China remains a considerable challenge. Based on the year-to-year increment (DY) approach and the empirical orthogonal function analysis, a robust prediction model is developed in this study for the midsummer HH events in Southeast China during 1981–2022. Three prediction models are individually constructed for the first three principal components (PCs) of the DY for HH events (hereafter referred to as HH_DY). The correlation coefficients (CCs) between the predicted and observed PCs exceed 0.75 in the cross-validation test for 1981–2022 and 0.80 in independent hindcasts for 2013–2022. The predicted graphical maps of HH_DY are reconstructed by the projecting the fitted three PCs onto the observed first three empirical orthogonal function modes, and the geographical patterns of HH events are obtained by adding the simulated HH_DY to the observed HH events for the preceding year. In the cross-validation test, the spatial features of the predicted HH events are highly accordant with those of the observations in nine extreme compound HH years, with area CC values ranging from 0.89 to 0.95. In the independent hindcasts for the past decade, the area CC values exceed 0.76 in all years and are >0.80 in eight years. Moreover, the predicted high-incidence areas of HH events are highly consistent with the observations in both the cross-validation test and independent hindcasts. The reliable prediction for geographical distributions of HH events in Southeast China is of great significance for human adaptation to future climate warming.

Streamlining B2B Communication in the SAP Ecosystem : Custom Mapping Solutions for Enhanced EDI Processing

In our paper, we delve into the realm of enhancing business-to-business (B2B) communication within the SAP ecosystem by focusing on the development of custom mapping solutions. Our primary objective is to streamline Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processing through the creation of tailored mappings within the SAP Integration Suite. Specifically, we explore the design of mappings for SAP Integration Suite's Trading Partner Management (TPM) agreements and Message Implementation Guidelines (MIG) objects. Our approach involves employing graphical, XSLT, and graphical mappings to ensure compatibility with EDI requirements. We also emphasize the importance of thorough testing to validate the effectiveness of our mapping solutions. Through our research, we aim to contribute to the optimization of B2B communication processes, ultimately fostering greater efficiency and reliability within the SAP ecosystem.

Seventeen Years of the ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications: A Bibliometric Overview

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) has been dedicated to advancing multimedia research, fostering discoveries, innovations, and practical applications since 2005. The journal consistently publishes top-notch, original research in emerging fields through open submissions, calls for papers, special issues, rigorous review processes, and diverse research topics. This study aims to delve into an extensive bibliometric analysis of the journal, utilising various bibliometric indicators. The paper seeks to unveil the latent implications within the journal’s scholarly landscape from 2005 to 2022. The data primarily draws from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database. The analysis encompasses diverse viewpoints, including yearly publication rates and citations, identifying highly cited papers, and assessing the most prolific authors, institutions, and countries. The paper employs VOSviewer-generated graphical maps, effectively illustrating networks of co-citations, keyword co-occurrences, and institutional and national bibliographic couplings. Furthermore, the study conducts a comprehensive global and temporal examination of co-occurrences of the author’s keywords. This investigation reveals the emergence of numerous novel keywords over the past decades.

That is not a pipe, Mon. Magritte. But, is this not a map? Some questions about map correspondence inspired through Barbara Buttenfield

ABSTRACT This essay considers a painting from Rene Magritte, The Treachery of Images, also known as “This is not a pipe,” the translation of the prominent statement Ceci n’est pas une pipe in the painting, which Barbara Buttenfield had prominently placed in her University of Buffalo office. It is an iconic and surrealistic twentieth century artwork (with a second version), widely copied and readily available online. Its visual juxtaposition of a textual element and detailed realist painting of a classical smoker’s pipe can quickly become more than a surrealistic play with words and images and poignantly stimulates associations and disconnections between image and object, text and object, and text and image. Viewers can also see a relevance of this painting to a number of representational issues involving images and maps. However, I want to focus in this essay on just two questions: 1) why do people affirm the connections between graphical map images and graphics in light of a fundamental disconnection between map and the represented territory or objects and 2) how do people still find sense in maps after we acknowledge the limits of any sense of correspondence between map image and experienced geography?

Agricultural Entrepreneurship – A Bibliometric Analysis and Concept Mapping

Agricultural entrepreneurship plays a vital role in job creation, economic income, and competitiveness of the agriculture sector. Considering the importance and relevance of this topic, it is important to explore the recent literature in this area of the study. This work aims to showcase the bibliometric analysis of scientific production and to reveal the importance of agricultural entrepreneurship. The information search was carried out in the Scopus database from 2013 to 2023. This work helps in the identification of key research topics, the co-occurrence of keywords in this field of study, and collaboration patterns and other research areas related to similar concepts. 476 research papers were assessed after being carefully examined and having several checkpoints to eliminate studies that weren’t relevant. Platforms such as Visualization Of Similarities (VOS) Viewer and R Studio are used for the bibliometric analysis of the 476 articles collected from the Scopus database by applying relevant filters, including performance analysis and keyword occurrence analysis. The graphical mapping exemplified the author’s and countries’ contributions, and their collaborations in this area of research over the period. In the analysis of the author’s keyword, the researcher noticed that “entrepreneurship” and “agriculture” were the most frequently occurring among other keywords. The researcher found that “entrepreneurship” has the greatest occurrence with 67 times 35 links and 82 total link strength. Mostly entrepreneurship links with some variables such as agriculture, agripreneurship, rural development, sustainability, agribusiness, agritourism, and entrepreneurial orientation.

Mapping the emergence of the theme of corruption in the area of corporate governance: a bibliometric review of the literature

Objective: Despite the evident theoretical importance of corporate governance as a mechanism for controlling corrupt practices, as far as we know there are no review articles that relate these themes. In this sense, the objective of this article is to map the emergence and evolution of corruption in the area of corporate governance and present the state of the art and trends in future studies on these topics.
 Method: This article is a bibliometric review, it is a statistical analysis method that provides a quantitative understanding of the academic literature on a given scientific field. The bibliometric techniques used are cocotation analysis and bibliographic matching analysis. In other words, we sought to understand the theoretical roots and identify the frontiers of knowledge.
 Results: In the co-citation analysis, 4 theoretical clusters (theoretical bases) were identified and in the pairing, 6 theoretical clusters (frontiers of knowledge) were identified. It is clear from the graphic mappings that current research (frontiers) has more congruence between the different themes, while the research that forms the theoretical bases is more idiosyncratic.
 Originality/Relevance: As far as we know, this is one of the first articles to store knowledge about corruption in the area of corporate governance and cluster it into theoretical bases and boundaries.
 Theoretical/methodological contributions: The pairing analysis identified the following main topics in vogue: Disclosure of sustainability reports; Institutional Theories; Political connections; Corporate Governance Control Mechanisms; National culture; Foreign investments; Organizational performance; Financial paper; Factors determining bribery; and role of national and international regulatory agencies.

Export performance: a comprehensive bibliometric overview

PurposeThis study aims to present a bibliometric overview of the academic research on export performance (EP) in the business and management areas.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric overview of 1,463 papers from 1968 to 2021, including performance analysis, science mapping analysis and graphical mapping, was conducted using the Scopus database. SciMAT software was used for thematic analysis and conceptual evolution mapping of the EP domain, and VOSviewer software was used for graphical visualization.FindingsThis study shows that EP research experienced spectacular growth, especially between 1998 and 2003, and the interest in this field continues to increase. Also, the USA and the UK appear to be the absolute leaders in EP research, with the best indicators of productivity and influence in all dimensions analyzed. The findings from the analysis through SciMAT indicate that “capabilities” and “R&D” are the main Motor themes that have contributed the most to the EP literature, whereas “global value chain” and “start-up” are emerging themes as new areas of interest.Research limitations/implicationsThis study develops a baseline for representing certain and exhaustive insights in the EP field and specifies trends over a period. Using a single database and excluding book chapters/conference papers are limitations of this study.Originality/valueEP is a research field that has gained wide acceptance in the academic community and international marketing literature. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no bibliometric overview has analyzed the EP literature. This study presents the first systematic quantitative analysis of academic research on EP in the business and management areas.

A NEW FIXED POINT RESULT IN GRAPHICAL bv(s)-METRIC SPACE WITH APPLICATION TO DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

In the present paper, motivated by [13,15], first we give a notion of graphical bv(s)-metric space, which is a graphical version of bv(s)-metric space. Utilizing the graphical Banach contraction mapping we prove fixed point results in graphical bv(s)-metric space. Appropriate examples are also presented to support our results. In the end, the main result ensures the existence of a solution for an ordinary differential equation along with its boundary conditions by using the fixed point result in graphical bv(s)-metric space.

What is digital transformation in Marketing? A bibliometric and scientometric analysis of an evolving topic

Purpose: To highlight the major emerging trends and the author’s intellectual and social structure, amongst other indicators about digital transformation in marketing. Method: This is a bibliometric and scientometric work. Originality/Relevance: This work compiles previous research about digital transformation and how it has been used in marketing, accessing emerging topics and gaps not being addressed in previous studies, being a valuable reference for researchers who intend to contribute with this research area. Results: This work shows emerging trends in marketing practices considering digital transformation, the most productive/influential documents, authors, journals, and organizations, most frequently used keywords, authorship patterns and potential areas of research related with Digital Transformation practices in marketing. Theoretical/methodological contributions: This study contributes to overall understanding of the knowledge structure of D.T. in marketing based on quantitative and graphical knowledge mapping analyses, implying the growing engagement of D.T. in marketing and suggestions for future research.

A scientometrics analysis of physical activity and transcranial stimulation research.

The search for alternatives to improve physical performance is rising, and in recent years has been focused on the brain. No bibliometric study analyzing research on physical activity (PA) and transcranial stimulation has been found in the scientific literature. Aims: To provide an overview of the existing scientific research on PA and transcranial brain stimulation in healthy and sports participants, using a bibliometric analysis and graphic mapping of the references in the field. To do this, we analyze annual publication trends in this area, identifying the most productive and cited authors, journals and countries with the highest number of publications, and the most cited documents and keywords. Those publications related to this area, published in journals indexed in the web of science main collection were retrieved and analyzed using the traditional laws of bibliometrics. A total of 305 documents were found. Annual publications followed an exponential growth trend (R2 = 94.2%); with A. J. Pearce (9 documents) is the most productive coauthor and M.C. Ridding, H. Theoret and M. Lassonde as the most prominent (with 5 most cited papers). The USA (67 papers) and the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (12 papers) were the most productive country and journal respectively. The paper "Action anticipation and motor resonance in elite basketball players" was the most cited paper and "transcranial magnetic stimulation" was the most used keyword. There are extensive research networks throughout the world, with the USA leading the production. Publications on the issue are of high interest in the scientific community as an exponential increase in publications over the last few years was found. The contribution of these findings is to offer a complete picture of the relationship between PA and transcranial brain stimulation in healthy individuals and athletes. Therefore, this comprehensive analysis provides fruitful information for sports researchers and policymakers to make future correct decisions about how to better design and implement training interventions in these groups of individuals.

Extension of transmission performance evaluation for planar higher pair mechanisms

Comprehensive and accurate evaluation of performance is essential for profile synthesis and profile analysis of higher pair mechanisms. Aiming at the transmission performance of planar higher pair mechanisms, the evaluation indices and methods are proposed from different perspectives. On the one hand, the kinematic performance indices in lower pair mechanisms are extended to higher pair mechanisms, including the mechanical advantage and the generalized pressure angle. On the other hand, novel indices specific to higher pair mechanisms are developed, including the contact closure index and the singularity distance index. Considering the performance of individual elements and that of the overall joint, the transmission performance of higher pairs is subdivided into element-based performance and joint-based performance, and the evaluation indices are classified accordingly. A graphical mapping method based on element-based performance is further proposed for intuitive analysis and qualitative evaluation. Practical examples validate the effectiveness of the proposed indices and methods for evaluating the performance of higher pair mechanisms, as well as their potential to enable optimal profile solution selection and design in the profile synthesis process.

Kaedah Menterjemah Unsur Alam Semulajadi Menjadi Karya Seni Dua Dimensi Dalam Projek Reka Bentuk Seni Bina Tahun Satu di UKM

The Architecture Design Course 1 (KKSB1116) is the main subject course for the Bachelor of Architecture Science (BSc Arch) program at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). This course is offered in the first semester of year one and it is fundamental to the process of producing architectural design. The application of an experimental learning style is one of the ways to build awareness, knowledge and skills in the design learning process. This paper investigates the experiential learning style applied in the project of translating elements of nature into a self-portrait artwork using basic principles of design which are the lines and basic shapes of geometry. In this project, students were exposed to various learning methods such as experiential trip in nature, the use of sketch method in the form of mind map and the workshop environment. The research methodologies used are the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, where qualitative (in-depth interview and unstructured observation) is the main method. The findings showed that the students successfully translated objects from the elements of nature into the design project. It can be seen through a sketch of a graphic mind map and the production of a two-dimensional artwork design that highlights the basic principles of geometric design from a multidirectional combination of line sketches. This method of learning can be the benchmark for first year (basic) architectural education program especially for a bachelor of sciences level. The study suggests how the concept of the mind map approach and skills of workshop can be developed for the following year that is adapted to the program complexity.

A Graphical Calibration Method for a Water Quality Model Considering Process Variability Versus Delay Time: Theory and a Case Study

Process Variability (PV) is a significant water quality time-series measurement. It is a critical element in detecting abnormality. Typically, the quality control system should raise an alert if the PV exceeds its normal value after a proper delay time (DT). The literature does not address the relation between the extended process variability and the time delay for a warning. The current paper shows a graphical method for calibrating a Water Quality Model based on these two parameters. The amount of variability is calculated based on the Euclidean distance between records in a dataset. Typically, each multivariable process has some relation between the variability and the time delay. In the case of a short period (a few minutes), the PV may be high. However, as the relevant DT is longer, it is expected to see the PV converge to some steady state. The current paper examines a method for estimating the relationship between the two measurements (PV and DT) as a detection tool for abnormality. Given the user’s classification of the actual event for true and false events, the method shows how to build a graphical map that helps the user select the best thresholds for the model. The last section of the paper offers an implementation of the method using real-world data.